History Scotland Magazine

Vol.8 No.3 May/June 2008

Contents

Special issue The Scottish Parliaments 1235 - 1707

The May/June issue of History Scotland magazine is devoted to the Scottish Parliament at different stages of its historical development. It coincides with the launch of the new online edition of the acts of the pre -1707 parliament - www.rps.ac.uk. This archive contains a complete record of the Scottish parliament from the earliest surviving act in 1235 to the union of 1707 in a format which makes the new edition one of the most accessible and technologically advanced records of any European medieval or early modern representative institution. It marks the culmination of over ten years' work by the Scottish Parliament Project, based within the School of History at the University of St Andrews.

The Records of the Parliaments of Scotland.
Professor Keith Brown (University of St Andrews)

The Instrument and Crucible of Royal Government: Colloquia, Parliaments and General Councils, c.1235-1424.
Michael Penman

'Healthy Deliberation and Loyal Financial Help': The Crown and the Three Estates 1424-1513.
Michael Brown

A Century of Transformations: 1513-1603.
Alan Macdonald

A kingdom without a king: crown and parliament 1603-51.
Gillian MacIntosh

From the sublime to the ridiculous and back again: the Scottish parliament 1660 - 1707.
Alastair Mann

ALSO

Historical research & the second online revolution
Roland Tanner

A unique window on Highland farming life. Liz Curtis

A Chair of History. Alex Neish

Ancient burials reveal prehistoric international contacts

A Yankee Doodle Pipe from Dunning
Martin Cook and Dennis Gallagher

5,000 year old carving found by accident.